Letter from Lord Frederick Cavendish to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

Scope and Content

Concerns military and family news: good health of his sisters; the incorrect report of a fleet off Beachy Head and people's false apprehension of an invasion; General Fowke's trial by court martial; the death of Byng's brother; comments in support of Byng; the death of Sir John Cope's son by suicide. Signed: "Fr Cavendish".

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